Native Ground Covers and Low-Grows
Botanical Name Common Name Color Height Growing Conditions
Anemone canadensis Canada windflower sun
Anemone spp. hepatica shade
Allium tricoccum ramps shade
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi bearberry sun
Asarum spp. wild ginger shade
Campanula rotundifolia thread leaf bellflower sun
Carex spp. sedge shade
Chamaepericlymenum canadense bunchberry shade
Cheilanthes lanosa hairy lip fern sun
Chrysogonum virginianum green and gold shade
Claytonia virginica spring beauty shade
Coreopsis spp. tickseed sun
Dicentra canadensis squirrel corn shade
Dicentra cucullaria Dutchmen’s breaches shade
Empetrum nigrum black crow berry sun
Eragrostis spectabilis purple love grass sun
Erythronium spp. trout lily shade
Gaultheria procumbens wintergreen shade
Gaylussacia baccata black huckleberry sun
Gaylussacia brachycera box huckleberry shade
Geum fragarioides barren strawberry shade
Geum spp. hepaticaprairie smoke sun
Houstonia caerulea bluets sun
Hydrastis canadensis goldenseal shade
Hypoxis hirsuta yellow star grass sun
Iris cristata dwarf iris sun
Juniperus communis common juniper sun
Juniperus horizontalis creeping juniper sun Native Ground Cover and Low-Grows
Botanical Name Common Name Color Height Growing Conditions
Maianthemum canadense Canada mayflower shade
Meehania cordata creeping mint sun
Mitchella repens partridge berry shade
Mitella diphylla bishop’s cap sun
Opuntia humifusa prickly pear sun
Pachysandra procumbens Alleghany spurge shade
Paxistima canbyi cliff green sun
Phegopteris spp. beech fern shade
Phlox divaricata woodland phlox shade
Phlox stolonifera creeping phlox shade
Phlox subulata moss phlox sun
Podophyllum peltatum mayapple shade
Polemonium spp. Jacob’s ladder sun
Polystichum acrostichoides Christmas fern shade
Sanguinaria canadensis bloodroot shade
Sedum ternatum stonecrop sun
Sibbaldiopsis tridentata three toothed cinquefoil sun
Silene spp. campion sun
Sisyrinchium angustifolium blue eyed grass sun
Thalictrum thalictroides anemonella shade
Tiarella cordifolia foam flower shade
Trientalis borealis starflower shade
Uvularia sessifolia bellflower sun
Vaccinium angustifolium low-bush blueberry sun
Vaccinium macrocarpon cranberry sun
Vaccinium vitis-idaea mountain cranberry sun
Viola pedata birds-foot violet sun